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CTMQ’s Guide to New Fairfield

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CTMQ’s Guide to New Fairfield

Everything New Fairfield I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” New Fairfield CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Fairfield County, new fairfield

Pootatuck State Forest Intro

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Pootatuck State Forest Intro

Pootatuck State Forest New Fairfield Pootatuck might be the most fun name to say of any of Connecticut's state forests or parks. Pootatuck. Pooty-pooty Pootatuck. Of course Pootatuck comes from a Native American tribe that used to live in the area before they were mostly wiped out and then absorbed by other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Fairfield County, new fairfield, pootatuck state forest

New Fairfield’s Town Trails

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New Fairfield’s Town Trails

New Fairfield's Town Trails New Fairfield is not very much like Fairfield at all. While both are in Fairfield County, Fairfield is a town with a commercial area and a couple universities and an identity. New Fairfield is a farming community that always votes Republican and doesn't have all that much going on - which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Fairfield County, new fairfield

Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust Intro

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Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust Intro

Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust Danbury & New Fairfield How exciting! The Land Trust of Danbury and the New Fairfield Land Trust have merged together to form the bigger, stronger, better... Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust! It's funny that I'm seeing this happening more and more in the land trust world; … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust, Danbury, Fairfield County, new fairfield

Eversource Land Trust

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Eversource Land Trust

Eversource Land Trust Brooklyn, East Granby, Enfield, Granby, Middletown, New Fairfield, Waterford, Windsor Locks, Surprising, isn’t it? We don’t really think of a giant utility as something that would create and manage a land trust. But here we are. And I’m here because of King’s Island; an oblong piece of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Brooklyn, East Granby, Enfield, eversource land trust, Granby, Middletown, new fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Sharon, Waterford

TSTL’16.9: Squantz Pond State Park

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TSTL’16.9: Squantz Pond State Park

The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #9 Pootatuck State Forest/Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield August 30, 2016 I know the title here is Squantz Pond, but 99% of this hike was not in the state park but rather in the Pootatuck State Forest. “Squantz.” Go ahead. Say that word a few times in your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Fairfield County, Great Views, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, new fairfield, pootatuck state forest, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Squantz Pond state park

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